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Old 02-14-2007, 16:34 PM   #262 (permalink)
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Seriously though, the Samurai were never exposed to men wearing steel armor.
i think they did- imjin war of 1592-8. the samurai fought the chinese and the koreans and got beat.

another link of interest,

China History Forum, chinese history forum > Armor West and East
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